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Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles - The Ludwig von Mises ...

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216 <strong>Money</strong>, <strong>Bank</strong> <strong>Credit</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Cycles</strong>words, the deposits or fiduciary media generated from nothingto make the credit expansion possible):[15] x = d – d = d –dcc c cNow we factor out common factors:[16] x = d(1 – c)c<strong>The</strong> above formula coincides with [6].In fact, when d=1,000,000 m.u. <strong>and</strong> c=0.1, in the case of amonopolistic bank, the net credit expansion would be equalto:[17] x = 1,000,000(1 – 0.1) = 9,000,000 m.u.0.1<strong>The</strong>refore the balance sheet of <strong>Bank</strong> A, a monopolisticbank, would ultimately appear as follows:(31)<strong>Bank</strong> A(Monopolist)Balance SheetAssetsLiabilitiesCash 1,000,000 Dem<strong>and</strong> depositsLoans to U 900,000 By X 1,000,000Loans to V 810,000 By A 900,000Loans to Y 729,000 By B 810,000Loans to Z 656,000 By C 729,000. . By D 656,000. . . .. . . .Total Assets 10,000,000 Total Liabilities 10,000,000

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